list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Colossus: The Forbin Project on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Colossus_The_Forbin_Project/6670/default.aspx Title: Colossus: The Forbin Project
Year: 1970
Director: Joseph Sargent
Plot: The granddaddy of all "computer run amok" films, Colossus: The Forbin Project concerns a huge electronic brain designed to control the American missile defense system. Colossus' technicians do not count on the computer developing an intelligence of its own. Communicating with its Russian counterpart, Colossus decides to take over the earth, threatening global destruction should anyone try to pull its plug. The film's climax is unsettling, but no more so than the actual state of world affairs in 1970. Colossus: The Forbin Project was filmed in Canada. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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]]>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:42:06 GMTColossus: The Forbin Project1970Joseph SargentThe granddaddy of all "computer run amok" films, Colossus: The Forbin Project concerns a huge electronic brain designed to control the American missile defense system. Colossus' technicians do not count on the computer developing an intelligence of its own. Communicating with its Russian counterpart, Colossus decides to take over the earth, threatening global destruction should anyone try to pull its plug. The film's climax is unsettling, but no more so than the actual state of world affairs in 1970. Colossus: The Forbin Project was filmed in Canada. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide413http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t50516qlshi.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Colossus_The_Forbin_Project/6670/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/apulrang/archive/2009/6/2/42511.aspx Post By: apulrang
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Post Date: 6/2/2009 7:03:06 PM
Body: This may be the perfect Cold War / technology-paranoid film. There's nothing extra, and no relief offered. I was pretty sure I knew the outcome by the time the President explained what "Colossus" was supposed to do. But that didn't make the relatively short trip to doom uninteresting. The acting is pretty good, though not spectacular, but what really makes the film is the brilliant twist on science out of control, with two computers working togeyher, like two people who meet by accident, and find themselves to be kindred spirits. The film can also be read as a backhanded argument for cooperation between the Cold War rivals, and also as an endictment of anyone's ambitions to do good in the world. The final speech by Colossus could have been written by a staunch libertarian about any modern welfare state. I disagree with the implications, but the film is good enough to make the point worth considering.
]]>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:03:06 GMTapulrangapulrang Blog6/2/2009 7:03:06 PMThis may be the perfect Cold War / technology-paranoid film. There's nothing extra, and no relief offered. I was pretty sure I knew the outcome by the time the President explained what "Colossus" was supposed to do. But that didn't make the relatively short trip to doom uninteresting. The acting is pretty good, though not spectacular, but what really makes the film is the brilliant twist on science out of control, with two computers working togeyher, like two people who meet by accident, and find themselves to be kindred spirits. The film can also be read as a backhanded argument for cooperation between the Cold War rivals, and also as an endictment of anyone's ambitions to do good in the world. The final speech by Colossus could have been written by a staunch libertarian about any modern welfare state. I disagree with the implications, but the film is good enough to make the point worth considering. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/computers/MemberTagFilms.aspxcomputers
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